My wife of 12 years recently packed up her belongings and moved out of our home. After her car was loaded I couldn't help but notice that a single item remained in her section of our closet, her wedding dress.

"You forgot something" I told her.

She replied "And what's that?".

"Your wedding dress", I said.

"Yeah, I am not taking that" was her response.

"What do you expect me to do with it?" I asked.

And to that she replied, "Whatever the $%^@# you want".

And this is what I did.....

The author is up to 50 uses as of last night, including pasta strainer, oil change drop-cloth, and so on. I applaud the concept and wish I had thought of it. But then again, there was no such thing as a "blog" when the maid quit. She did, however, leave her dress behind. I sold it in my Going Out of Bid'niz sale for ten dollars more than she paid for it. (The Second Mrs. Pennington, being a very frugal sort, bought the dress in a second-hand store. Srsly.) Here's the dress, laid out across the back of a couch (which went in that very same sale).

Someone got a good deal for only $30.00 US. Worn once, and all that. Well, twice maybe. It was second hand. True Story, swear to The Deity At Hand.

So... just for grins and giggles I went to the "My Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress" link and it looks like the boy turned his life around, what with turning his blog into a book and getting re-married. I didn't dive too deeply into the blog, but it looks like he MIGHT have proposed to his new wife on Facebook. If that's the case I predict a sequel to his book... "101 Uses for my Second Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress."

BTW, the tall, dark, handsome guy in the checkedy suit is my Cousin's husband...the Hockey Agent who made it big as a young attorney by representing 4 of the 1980 Olympic team. They've got one son playing back and forth in the NHL, one son playing now at Dartmouth (I think, Dartmouth), and one that works for the NHL as an accountant.